Rohini Sharma

Joint Academic Coordinator & Guest Faculty
Department of Political Science
Darjeeling Hills University

BIO

Rohini Sharma is a Guest Faculty in Department of Political Science at Darjeeling Hills University. Her research interest is International Law, Public policy, and Gender. Her work mostly focuses on Women and Representation, Women and Politics, Humanitarian law, and Comparative Politics She is also interested in areas of Jurisprudence and Law.

EDUCATION

[Pursing] PhD, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata (CSSSC).

MPhil, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2022.

MA in Political Science with International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2015.

BA in Political Science (Honours), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2013.

WBSET, 2022.

One Year Certificate Course on French language, Jadavpur University, 2015.

One Year Diploma in Software Application, WEBEL, 2016.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

To be updated.

EXPERIENCE

Para-Legal Volunteer in State Legal Services Authority Kolkata, City Civil Court in projects and judicial proposal drafts for Victim Compensations, Convicts and Human Rights, Lok Adalat from February to April 2022.

Representative of State Legal Services Authority as special bench member in National Lok Adalat, Kolkata in April 2022.

PUBLICATIONS

Recovering agency of Women in South Asian Democracies: A Comparative Study in book titled Gender Issues in India: Challenges and Strategies (ISBN: 978-93-81669-69-3) compiled by Sonel Som, Women’s Cell, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar, West Bengal, published by Rupali Publication, 2017, pp. 202-2012.

Published a paper titled Monetisation and Darjeeling Himalayan Railway: Prospects and Challenges in online website Laali Guras Prakashan and Nepali translation of the same in Laali Guras magazine, October 2021,pp. 16 – 21.

Published a chapter titled, Victim Compensation Scheme through the Lens of Indian Judicial System: A Way Forward in book compilation titled, Mixed Method: A More Panoramic View of Research Landscape (ISBN: 978-1-68576-441-8); published by Selfypage Developers Pvt. Ltd Paisley Circle(International), Novi, Michigan, USA, 2023, pp. 92 – 107.

Published a chapter titled Women’s representation in Indian Parliament: A Challenge to Political Discourse in India, in a book titled Breaking Barriers Representing Women in Indian Context (ISBN : 978-93-5529-944-4) ; published by, Authorspress Global Network (Worldwide circulation), 2024 ,pp. 167- 179.

Published a Theoretical Article titled Legitimation and Effectiveness of Hindu Women’s Property Rights in India : An Argumentative Dialogue (ISSN: 2454-1710); published by, a peer-reviewed Interdisclipinary Journal of Research and Innovation in Education, Rehabilitation and Psychological Counselling, Volume: 7-9, Issue- I Year: 2021-2023, Department of Education, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

Recovering agency of Women in South Asian Democracies: A Comparative Study in UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Gender Issues in India: Challenges and Strategies organised by Women’s Cell, Saheed Kshudiram College, Kamakhyaguri, Alipurduar, West Bengal in 2017.

Presented a paper titled China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its Implications for India: An Exploration in International Seminar (7th March, 2017) on India and her Neighbours: Challenges and Potentialities organized by the Department of Political Science, University of North Bengal in 2017.

Presented a paper titled, Medecins Sans Fronteir and International Humanitarian Law in a seminar organised by Jadavpur University in 2021.

Workshop and learning circle on Decolonial Knowledge Production conducted in Association with Interface Commission for Engaged Antropology of the Swiss Anthopological Society on 12 and 13 June, 2023.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Andrew Mellon Foundation Doctoral Fellowship, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta: 2022

OTHER ACTIVITIES

To be updated.